This longitudinal dataset provides a comprehensive overview of anti-bullying laws across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, from January 1, 1999, through January 1, 2018.

This dataset analyzes state-level earned sick leave laws requiring employers to provide paid leave for health needs, reducing workplace infections and promoting preventive care as of January 1, 2021.

This article examines the negative impact of juvenile offenders being transferred to adult criminal courts, showing increased recidivism, violence, and mental health issues among youth processed in adult systems.

This article explores the public health impact of nuisance eviction laws, highlighting the need for legal epidemiology to evaluate their effects. It emphasizes the risks of laws that fail to protect vulnerable groups.

This study finds that many gun-related crimes and suicides involved individuals prohibited from owning firearms. It suggests that temporarily restricting gun access for those detained for mental health reasons could prevent violence.

This dataset explores long-term involuntary commitment laws, focusing on mental health and patient rights regarding mental illness, with state variations in commitment duration and legal provisions.

This article examines the Virginia Advance Directive Project, highlighting the challenges and innovations in embedding advance directives for mental health care into routine practices for individuals with serious mental illness.

This article examines state laws on short-term emergency psychiatric commitments. It discusses criteria, duration, patient rights, and the impact on firearm possession under state gun laws.

Dr. Swanson discusses gun violence, the role mental illness plays in mass tragedies, and warns against crisis-driven policy.

This study analyzes domestic violence case resolution in North Carolina from 2004–2010, finding that criminal penalties at current levels do not reduce future arrests or convictions for repeat offenses.

This study takes as a starting place the inherent tension between public safety and civil rights in considering mental illness as a significant concern for firearms policy and law.

Community services providers should be encouraged or required to promote the use of advance directives.

This monograph examines trends in thinking and practice and common challenges surrounding policing and mental illnesses internationally.

This dataset examines laws on involuntary outpatient commitment, including initiation, duration, medication refusal, consequences of non-compliance, and firearm restrictions for individuals with mental illness.